Can you suggest some amendment/suggestion to make representative democracy in india more better?
So many drawbacks shortcomings ppl can depict abt representative democracy in india ,
Pl tell drawback of Rep Dem in india and what you see the solution for that the feasible one.
Thanks in advance.
What i wish to suggest may be somewhat radical in your view but I think if we have to make our democracy truly effective and competitive, then we have to think " Out of Box " solutions. We should not have the provision of "One person one vote" . This system actually provides equal platform to both an illiterate and a college professor to decide about the choice of the government. This kind of system generates apathy in the minds of the learned and intelligentsia of the Society towards the electoral procedure. Also the system provides the politicians with the easy opportunities of luring their way to electoral success as the poor are easily lured by the monetary benefits. As the percentage of poor in our society is overwhelming and it proves to be decisive in the case of elections.
secondly, in any society the intelligentsia is far more understanding of the dynamics of the electoral politics and can make the politicians fulfill their promises, but the poor are only aware of their today and most of them don’t plan for their future. This also hampers the effectiveness of the representative democracy.
Representative democracy also promotes parochial feelings in a coalition form of governmental structure. It further hampers the pace of work in the governmental machinery.
February 16th, 2010 at 6:24 am
What i wish to suggest may be somewhat radical in your view but I think if we have to make our democracy truly effective and competitive, then we have to think " Out of Box " solutions. We should not have the provision of "One person one vote" . This system actually provides equal platform to both an illiterate and a college professor to decide about the choice of the government. This kind of system generates apathy in the minds of the learned and intelligentsia of the Society towards the electoral procedure. Also the system provides the politicians with the easy opportunities of luring their way to electoral success as the poor are easily lured by the monetary benefits. As the percentage of poor in our society is overwhelming and it proves to be decisive in the case of elections.
secondly, in any society the intelligentsia is far more understanding of the dynamics of the electoral politics and can make the politicians fulfill their promises, but the poor are only aware of their today and most of them don’t plan for their future. This also hampers the effectiveness of the representative democracy.
Representative democracy also promotes parochial feelings in a coalition form of governmental structure. It further hampers the pace of work in the governmental machinery.
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